Mark Robinson

A nonprofit led by former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s wife is appealing a state agency’s order to repay more than $100,000 in federal funding following a scathing review.

North Carolina’s former Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is dropping his defamation lawsuit against CNN, and potentially calling it quits on his political career. The Republican had sued CNN over a bombshell report linking him to dozens of racist and lewd comment made on a porn site.

A fundraising committee for North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has been fined $35,066 for campaign finance violations related to his 2020 campaign.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN in response to a report linking him to dozens of racist, lewd and inflammatory comments on a porn site more than a decade ago. The suit seeks $50 million in damages.

More than a week since Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson hired a law firm to refute a CNN report, neither he nor the law firm have released any new information or filed any legal actions over the story.

A new poll from East Carolina University shows Robinson’s support among Republicans has plunged by 20 percentage points, and he’s now trailing his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Josh Stein, by 17 points.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was hospitalized Friday following an incident at a campaign event in Mount Airy. The Republican nominee for governor was treated for second degree burns, according to a campaign spokesperson who did not elaborate.

Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance gave two speeches in Charlotte Monday evening. The first was about immigration and the economy, and the second about his faith. But the biggest topic for Vance — and other Republicans — was Mark Robinson, the embattled Republican candidate for governor.

Mark Robinson is routinely absent from some of the lieutenant governor’s primary job responsibilities, including presiding over sessions of the state Senate and serving on the State Board of Education and other boards.

Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson Thursday released an 80-second video in which he preemptively denied a negative report by CNN. Robinson also said he’s not dropping out of the race for governor.